Law enforcement officer left loaded gun magazine on plane

(CNN) -- A federal law enforcement officer mistakenly left a loaded gun magazine that was found Tuesday on a Southwest Airlines plane, officials
said.

How can this guy forget his loaded magazine on a plane!?! These are the people they have protecting us!?! With all the media events with the TSA and
such I think I'm going to take the train for a while.

"The passengers who were remaining on that flight were rescreened and the plane was thoroughly inspected before returning to service."

And to add more insult to this they re screened all the innocent passengers, two pat downs for the price of one!

Exactly what I was thinking. I think it's kind of ridiculous to bash on the officer for forgetting the mag. Now if it were a gun+loaded mag, that's a
whole other story. We are humans, I mean look at the world we live in...

Exactly what I was thinking. I think it's kind of ridiculous to bash on the officer for forgetting the mag. Now if it were a gun+loaded mag, that's
a whole other story. We are humans, I mean look at the world we live in...

edit on 23-11-2010 by -midnite- because: (no reason given)

A magazine is an extension of your firearm. You are to remain in control of your firearm at all times no matter who you are. The fact that it was a
federal agent should require we hold them to higher standards.

BTW.. Posted it when it broke. Wasn't sure if it was a real story so it wasn't in BN...

They're idiots. They routinely turn away would-be cops for being "too smart." These people running red lights with weapons all around them and
licenses to kill are raging morons pushing IQ's of 70. It's this way by design.

So What?, he left a magazine on the plane. it's not like the bullets are gonna shoot themselves. Hell I have magazines stashed throughout my house, I
don't remember where they all are or how many. But I know where my guns are and thats all that matters.

Originally posted by PayMeh
The fact that it was a federal agent should require we hold them to higher standards.

The fact that it's a federal agent means he is held to much lower standards than any of us would expect.

Do what you're told, don't think for yourself, and be able to put 25 shots into a barn wall once a year.

If you happen to f-up don't worry. This is a union government job after all. You can torch a dozen children, rape women in handcuffs and shoot anyone
you want to. The union will make it all right. Worst case is they have to let you go but dont worry about your pension. You'll still get that
$90,000/year. After all, you earned it.

Cops are humans too and prone to mistakes like the rest of us. What bothers me is when they knowingly and willingly choose to do evil. Even if it
would've been a fully loaded gun the same still applies. Human imperfection.

Why doesn't someone try to walk a loaded magazine onto a plane and see what happens?
That is if it is no problem.
I own several firearms and I agree cartridges and shells are for the most part harmless, but even I, and I'm no McGyver, can devise a small explosive
device with several cartridges and a cell phone or watch.

Originally posted by PsykoOps
Cops are humans too and prone to mistakes like the rest of us. What bothers me is when they knowingly and willingly choose to do evil. Even if it
would've been a fully loaded gun the same still applies. Human imperfection.

There are certain jobs where you don't have room for human imperfection.

Yeah and everyone of those professions is human. Only way to avoid mistakes would be to have robots do the job. Even those would do mistakes since
they're programmed by humans. Even if you would penalize anyone for such a mistake with an electric chair it would still keep happening. Of course
there will be action taken but punishment wont remove human qualities.

They're idiots. They routinely turn away would-be cops for being "too smart." These people running red lights with weapons all around them and
licenses to kill are raging morons pushing IQ's of 70. It's this way by design.

LOL This is true!!! I took the test 20 years ago, got one of the highest scores in history of the test in suffolk county NY, and was told I wasnt
qualified lol

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